Bottle-closure.



1 I PATENTED MAR. 26,1907. W. R WARNER. BOTTLE CLOSURE. APPLICATIONFILED nov. 21. 1906.

NITEI) STATES PATENT orrion.

BOTTLE-CLOSURE.

Specification. of Letters Patent.

Patented March 2c, 1907.

Application filed November 21,1906. Serial No. 344,457.

To all whmn it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WlLLIAM RUssELL WARNER, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of Vergennes, in the county of Addison and Stateof Vermont, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inBottle-Olosures; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full andclear description thereof.

My invention relates to bottles or the like for containing syrup orother fluids.

A principal object is to provide means whereby the cover of the bottlemay be raised to allow the fluid to be poured out of the bottle withoutthe operator having to grasp the cover. The top may be raised, ifdesired, by the fingers of the same hand that grasps the bottle near themiddle. A bottle embodying these features is particularly adapted touse, for instance, at soda fountains, where a number of bottles areusually provided containing sticky fluids and the attendant is obligedto handle these many bottles frequently.

In the accompanying drawings an exemplifying structure embodying theinvention is shown, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of thecomplete bottle with the cover raised; Fig. 2, a vertical section, andFig. 3 a fragmentary transverse section.

Reference-numeral 1 designates the bottle as a whole, which may be ofany desired shape; 2, the neck; 3, a cover or cap for closing thebottle, which may be of any desired style; the top illustrated is simplythe style frequently used at soda-fountains and need not be adhered to;4, a bracket carried by the bottle; 5, a hinge member carried by the capand pivoted on the bracket 4 6, an eX- tension of member 5 7,guides-located on the body of the bottle and held in place in anyconvenient way, in the present instance by band 8 encircling the bottle;9, a link or pulldown running in the guides 7 and connected to theextension 6, and 10 a hook or other convenient grasping member providedon the pull-down.

' The parts described constitute means for opening the bottle Withoutgrasping the cover. The operator may grasp thebottle near the middle andwith either finger or thumb of either hand may pull down the hook 10,whereupon the cover will be raised to the position shown in Fig. 1.Liquid may then be poured out, the hook released, the cover will thenreturn to its position by gravity, and the bottle may be returned to itsplace, the whole operation being very quickly accomplished.

I claim I The combination of a bottle, a closure therefor, a hingepivotally connecting the closure to the bottle, an arm forming a continuation of the hinge member connected to the closure, a link connectedto said arm, a guide for the link secured to the bottle near the center,and a hook on the link below the guide whereby the link may be pulledlongi tudinally of the bottle by one of the fingers of the hand graspingthe bottle to open the closure.

In testimony whereof I have aflixed my signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

WILLIAM RUSSELL WARNER. Witnesses:

O. A. HOFFNAGLE, R. P. BRIGGS.

